diff --git a/src/core/command-descriptor/__tests__/command-result.test.ts b/src/core/command-descriptor/__tests__/command-result.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..380f64c6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/command-descriptor/__tests__/command-result.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { expect, test } from 'vitest';
+import type {
+  FillCommandResult,
+  LongPressCommandResult,
+  PressCommandResult,
+} from '../../../contracts/interaction.ts';
+import type { CommandResult, CommandResultMap } from '../command-result.ts';
+
+/**
+ * Exact-equality type predicate (invariant in both `A` and `B`). A seeded
+ * `CommandResult<Name>` must resolve to *exactly* its contract result type — not
+ * merely a one-directional assignable supertype — so these assertions are what
+ * `tsc --noEmit` enforces; the `expect`s below only keep vitest's runner green.
+ */
+type Equal<A, B> =
+  (<T>() => T extends A ? 1 : 2) extends <T>() => T extends B ? 1 : 2 ? true : false;
+
+test('seeded CommandResult entries resolve to their existing contract result types', () => {
+  const press: Equal<CommandResult<'press'>, PressCommandResult> = true;
+  const fill: Equal<CommandResult<'fill'>, FillCommandResult> = true;
+  const longPress: Equal<CommandResult<'longpress'>, LongPressCommandResult> = true;
+  expect([press, fill, longPress]).toEqual([true, true, true]);
+});
+
+test('unmigrated commands fall back to the untyped Record bag, keeping the union total', () => {
+  const unknown: Equal<CommandResult<'__unmigrated__'>, Record<string, unknown>> = true;
+  // A seeded name narrows away from the bare Record bag.
+  const seededIsNotRecord: Equal<CommandResult<'press'>, Record<string, unknown>> = false;
+  expect([unknown, seededIsNotRecord]).toEqual([true, false]);
+});
+
+test('CommandResultMap is seeded only from already-existing contract result types', () => {
+  const keys: Equal<keyof CommandResultMap, 'press' | 'fill' | 'longpress'> = true;
+  expect(keys).toBe(true);
+});
diff --git a/src/core/command-descriptor/command-result.ts b/src/core/command-descriptor/command-result.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38f2817b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/command-descriptor/command-result.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import type {
+  FillCommandResult,
+  LongPressCommandResult,
+  PressCommandResult,
+} from '../../contracts/interaction.ts';
+
+/**
+ * The additive typed-result spine (ADR-0008, Phase 1 step 6).
+ *
+ * Maps a command name to the *already-existing* per-command result type from
+ * `src/contracts/*`. It is SEEDED, not exhaustive: only commands whose accurate
+ * result shape already lives in the contracts layer are listed here. Today that
+ * is the interaction trio (`press` / `fill` / `longpress`); screenshot, perf,
+ * logs and friends have no contracts-layer result type yet, so they are
+ * deliberately omitted rather than given an invented shape.
+ *
+ * This map is dormant: nothing reads it yet. It exists as the foundation that
+ * later slices consume to derive `client-types.ts` and delete the hand-authored
+ * `*Result` mirror — the same dormant-but-proven pattern as the #906 descriptor
+ * registry and the #910 dispatch map this slice is stacked on.
+ */
+export interface CommandResultMap {
+  press: PressCommandResult;
+  fill: FillCommandResult;
+  longpress: LongPressCommandResult;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The typed result for a command named `N`. Seeded commands resolve to their
+ * contract result type from {@link CommandResultMap}; every other (unmigrated)
+ * command falls back to the untyped `Record<string, unknown>` bag. That default
+ * branch is what keeps the mapping total over every command name, so consumers
+ * can switch to `CommandResult<Name>` without first migrating every command.
+ */
+export type CommandResult<N extends string> = N extends keyof CommandResultMap
+  ? CommandResultMap[N]
+  : Record<string, unknown>;
diff --git a/src/core/command-descriptor/registry.ts b/src/core/command-descriptor/registry.ts
index d0b75a24d..fa539b450 100644
--- a/src/core/command-descriptor/registry.ts
+++ b/src/core/command-descriptor/registry.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
 import type { CommandCapability } from '../capabilities.ts';
 import type { DaemonRequest } from '../../daemon/types.ts';
 import type { DeviceInfo } from '../../utils/device.ts';
-import { type CommandDescriptor, defineCommandDescriptor } from './types.ts';
+import type { CommandDescriptor } from './types.ts';
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Daemon request-policy trait bundles — copied VERBATIM from
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ const APP_INSTALL_CAPABILITY = {
 // live only in the capability/batch hand tables).
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-const RAW_COMMAND_DESCRIPTORS: readonly Omit<CommandDescriptor, 'mcpExposed'>[] = [
+const RAW_COMMAND_DESCRIPTORS = [
   // -- lease (route: lease) --
   {
     name: INTERNAL_COMMANDS.leaseAllocate,
@@ -536,19 +536,22 @@ const RAW_COMMAND_DESCRIPTORS: readonly Omit<CommandDescriptor, 'mcpExposed'>[]
     capability: APP_INSTALL_CAPABILITY,
     batchable: true,
   },
-];
+] as const satisfies readonly Omit<CommandDescriptor, 'mcpExposed'>[];
 
 const MCP_EXPOSED_COMMAND_NAMES = new Set<string>(listMcpExposedCommandNames());
 
 /**
- * The additive single source of truth (ADR-0008, Phase 1 step 1). Dormant: no
- * consumer reads it yet. Proven byte-equal to the live hand tables by
- * `__tests__/parity.test.ts`.
+ * The additive single source of truth (ADR-0008, Phase 1 step 1). Proven
+ * byte-equal to the live hand tables by `__tests__/parity.test.ts`.
+ *
+ * The `as const` on {@link RAW_COMMAND_DESCRIPTORS} flows through this `.map`,
+ * so each entry keeps its literal `name`. That is what makes the {@link Command}
+ * union below a precise set of command-name literals rather than `string`.
  */
-export const commandDescriptors: readonly CommandDescriptor[] = RAW_COMMAND_DESCRIPTORS.map(
-  (descriptor) =>
-    defineCommandDescriptor({
-      ...descriptor,
-      mcpExposed: MCP_EXPOSED_COMMAND_NAMES.has(descriptor.name),
-    }),
-);
+export const commandDescriptors = RAW_COMMAND_DESCRIPTORS.map((descriptor) => ({
+  ...descriptor,
+  mcpExposed: MCP_EXPOSED_COMMAND_NAMES.has(descriptor.name),
+})) satisfies readonly CommandDescriptor[];
+
+/** The literal union of every registered command name. */
+export type Command = (typeof commandDescriptors)[number]['name'];
diff --git a/src/core/dispatch.ts b/src/core/dispatch.ts
index 88b80c060..a9a50b418 100644
--- a/src/core/dispatch.ts
+++ b/src/core/dispatch.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,130 @@ export async function dispatchCommand(
   );
 }
 
-// fallow-ignore-next-line complexity
+/**
+ * The exact set of commands routed by {@link dispatchKnownCommand}. Hand-authored
+ * to match the former `switch` cases verbatim: it is NOT the registry's `generic`
+ * daemon route (that set is both narrower — e.g. it has no `open`/`type`/`read` —
+ * and includes `gesture`, which dispatch never handled), and `swipe-preset` /
+ * `read` are not registry command names at all. Keeping it explicit makes the
+ * dispatch surface self-describing and lets the `Record` below enforce coverage.
+ */
+type DispatchCommand =
+  | 'open'
+  | 'close'
+  | 'press'
+  | 'swipe'
+  | 'swipe-preset'
+  | 'pan'
+  | 'fling'
+  | 'longpress'
+  | 'focus'
+  | 'type'
+  | 'fill'
+  | 'scroll'
+  | 'pinch'
+  | 'rotate-gesture'
+  | 'transform-gesture'
+  | 'trigger-app-event'
+  | 'screenshot'
+  | 'viewport'
+  | 'back'
+  | 'home'
+  | 'rotate'
+  | 'app-switcher'
+  | 'clipboard'
+  | 'keyboard'
+  | 'settings'
+  | 'push'
+  | 'snapshot'
+  | 'read';
+
+type DispatchHandlerArgs = {
+  device: DeviceInfo;
+  interactor: Interactor;
+  positionals: string[];
+  outPath: string | undefined;
+  context: DispatchContext | undefined;
+  runnerCtx: RunnerContext;
+};
+
+type DispatchHandler = (args: DispatchHandlerArgs) => Promise<Record<string, unknown> | void>;
+
+/**
+ * Registry-driven exhaustive dispatch table. The `Record<DispatchCommand, …>`
+ * type forces every dispatch command to have a handler — a missing entry is a
+ * COMPILE error, which replaces the former runtime `default: throw` as the
+ * coverage safety net. Each entry routes to the IDENTICAL handler with the
+ * IDENTICAL arguments the `switch` used, so dispatch stays strictly behaviorless.
+ */
+const DISPATCH_HANDLERS: Record<DispatchCommand, DispatchHandler> = {
+  open: ({ device, interactor, positionals, context }) =>
+    handleOpenCommand(device, interactor, positionals, context),
+  close: async ({ device, interactor, positionals }) => {
+    const app = positionals[0];
+    if (!app) {
+      if (device.platform === 'web') {
+        await interactor.close('');
+      }
+      return { closed: 'session', ...successText('Closed session') };
+    }
+    await interactor.close(app);
+    return { app, ...successText(`Closed: ${app}`) };
+  },
+  press: ({ device, interactor, positionals, context }) =>
+    handlePressCommand(device, interactor, positionals, context),
+  swipe: ({ device, interactor, positionals, context }) =>
+    handleSwipeCommand(device, interactor, positionals, context),
+  'swipe-preset': ({ device, interactor, positionals, context }) =>
+    handleSwipePresetCommand(device, interactor, positionals, context),
+  pan: ({ interactor, positionals }) => handlePanCommand(interactor, positionals),
+  fling: ({ interactor, positionals }) => handleFlingCommand(interactor, positionals),
+  longpress: ({ interactor, positionals }) => handleLongPressCommand(interactor, positionals),
+  focus: ({ interactor, positionals }) => handleFocusCommand(interactor, positionals),
+  type: ({ interactor, positionals, context }) =>
+    handleTypeCommand(interactor, positionals, context),
+  fill: ({ interactor, positionals, context }) =>
+    handleFillCommand(interactor, positionals, context),
+  scroll: ({ interactor, positionals, context }) =>
+    handleScrollCommand(interactor, positionals, context),
+  pinch: ({ device, interactor, positionals, context }) =>
+    handlePinchCommand(device, interactor, positionals, context),
+  'rotate-gesture': ({ device, interactor, positionals }) =>
+    handleRotateGestureCommand(device, interactor, positionals),
+  'transform-gesture': ({ device, interactor, positionals }) =>
+    handleTransformGestureCommand(device, interactor, positionals),
+  'trigger-app-event': ({ device, interactor, positionals, context }) =>
+    handleTriggerAppEventCommand(device, interactor, positionals, context),
+  screenshot: ({ interactor, positionals, outPath, context }) =>
+    handleScreenshotCommand(interactor, positionals, outPath, context),
+  viewport: ({ interactor, positionals }) => handleViewportCommand(interactor, positionals),
+  back: async ({ interactor, context }) => {
+    await interactor.back(context?.backMode);
+    return { action: 'back', mode: context?.backMode ?? 'in-app', ...successText('Back') };
+  },
+  home: async ({ interactor }) => {
+    await interactor.home();
+    return { action: 'home', ...successText('Home') };
+  },
+  rotate: async ({ interactor, positionals }) => {
+    const orientation = parseDeviceRotation(positionals[0]);
+    await interactor.rotate(orientation);
+    return { action: 'rotate', orientation, ...successText(`Rotated to ${orientation}`) };
+  },
+  'app-switcher': async ({ interactor }) => {
+    await interactor.appSwitcher();
+    return { action: 'app-switcher', ...successText('Opened app switcher') };
+  },
+  clipboard: ({ interactor, positionals }) => handleClipboardCommand(interactor, positionals),
+  keyboard: ({ device, positionals, context, runnerCtx }) =>
+    handleKeyboardCommand(device, positionals, context, runnerCtx),
+  settings: ({ device, interactor, positionals, context }) =>
+    handleSettingsCommand(device, interactor, positionals, context),
+  push: ({ device, positionals, context }) => handlePushCommand(device, positionals, context),
+  snapshot: ({ interactor, context }) => handleSnapshotCommand(interactor, context),
+  read: ({ device, positionals, context }) => handleReadCommand(device, positionals, context),
+};
+
 async function dispatchKnownCommand(
   device: DeviceInfo,
   interactor: Interactor,
@@ -97,81 +220,16 @@ async function dispatchKnownCommand(
   context: DispatchContext | undefined,
   runnerCtx: RunnerContext,
 ): Promise<Record<string, unknown> | void> {
-  switch (command) {
-    case 'open':
-      return await handleOpenCommand(device, interactor, positionals, context);
-    case 'close': {
-      const app = positionals[0];
-      if (!app) {
-        if (device.platform === 'web') {
-          await interactor.close('');
-        }
-        return { closed: 'session', ...successText('Closed session') };
-      }
-      await interactor.close(app);
-      return { app, ...successText(`Closed: ${app}`) };
-    }
-    case 'press':
-      return await handlePressCommand(device, interactor, positionals, context);
-    case 'swipe':
-      return await handleSwipeCommand(device, interactor, positionals, context);
-    case 'swipe-preset':
-      return await handleSwipePresetCommand(device, interactor, positionals, context);
-    case 'pan':
-      return await handlePanCommand(interactor, positionals);
-    case 'fling':
-      return await handleFlingCommand(interactor, positionals);
-    case 'longpress':
-      return await handleLongPressCommand(interactor, positionals);
-    case 'focus':
-      return await handleFocusCommand(interactor, positionals);
-    case 'type':
-      return await handleTypeCommand(interactor, positionals, context);
-    case 'fill':
-      return await handleFillCommand(interactor, positionals, context);
-    case 'scroll':
-      return await handleScrollCommand(interactor, positionals, context);
-    case 'pinch':
-      return await handlePinchCommand(device, interactor, positionals, context);
-    case 'rotate-gesture':
-      return await handleRotateGestureCommand(device, interactor, positionals);
-    case 'transform-gesture':
-      return await handleTransformGestureCommand(device, interactor, positionals);
-    case 'trigger-app-event':
-      return await handleTriggerAppEventCommand(device, interactor, positionals, context);
-    case 'screenshot':
-      return await handleScreenshotCommand(interactor, positionals, outPath, context);
-    case 'viewport':
-      return await handleViewportCommand(interactor, positionals);
-    case 'back':
-      await interactor.back(context?.backMode);
-      return { action: 'back', mode: context?.backMode ?? 'in-app', ...successText('Back') };
-    case 'home':
-      await interactor.home();
-      return { action: 'home', ...successText('Home') };
-    case 'rotate': {
-      const orientation = parseDeviceRotation(positionals[0]);
-      await interactor.rotate(orientation);
-      return { action: 'rotate', orientation, ...successText(`Rotated to ${orientation}`) };
-    }
-    case 'app-switcher':
-      await interactor.appSwitcher();
-      return { action: 'app-switcher', ...successText('Opened app switcher') };
-    case 'clipboard':
-      return await handleClipboardCommand(interactor, positionals);
-    case 'keyboard':
-      return await handleKeyboardCommand(device, positionals, context, runnerCtx);
-    case 'settings':
-      return await handleSettingsCommand(device, interactor, positionals, context);
-    case 'push':
-      return await handlePushCommand(device, positionals, context);
-    case 'snapshot':
-      return await handleSnapshotCommand(interactor, context);
-    case 'read':
-      return await handleReadCommand(device, positionals, context);
-    default:
-      throw new AppError('INVALID_ARGS', `Unknown command: ${command}`);
+  // `Object.hasOwn` keeps the lookup behaviorless: any unknown command —
+  // including inherited keys like `toString` — falls through to the same
+  // `INVALID_ARGS` error the former `default:` branch threw.
+  const handler = Object.hasOwn(DISPATCH_HANDLERS, command)
+    ? DISPATCH_HANDLERS[command as DispatchCommand]
+    : undefined;
+  if (!handler) {
+    throw new AppError('INVALID_ARGS', `Unknown command: ${command}`);
   }
+  return await handler({ device, interactor, positionals, outPath, context, runnerCtx });
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------